Display-rack.



0. A. MORLEY.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION IILBI) JULY 25, 1910.

Patented Sept. 12, 1911.

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0. A. MORLEY.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY25,1910.

1,002,860. Patented Sept. 12,1911.

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DISPLAY RAGK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25. 1910.

1,002,860. Patented Sept. 12, 1911.

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CHARLES A. MORLEY, OF SOUTHINGTON. CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO STANLEY B. WHITE, OF MEEIDEN, CONNECTICUT, AND ONE-FOURTH TO ALICE M. MORLEY, OF SOUTI-IINGTON, CONNECTICUT.

DISPLAY-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 25, 1910.

Patented Sept. 12, 191 1. Serial No. 573,635.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. MORLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Southington, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Racks, of which the following is a specifica tion, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in display racks, and has for its object, among other things, to provide a simple and economical device for storing and displaying garments, that will occupy the minimum space and have the maximum capacity, and at the same time be neatand pleasing in appearance.

To these, and other ends, my invention consists in the display rack having certain details of construction and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which like numerals of reference designate like parts in the several figures: Figure l is a perspective view of my new and improved device, complete; Fig. 2 is a view of a portlon of one form of coat hanger that is used with my device; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the standard and the center rail, illustrating the method by which they are interlocked; Fig. 4; is a perspective view of the upper end of the bracket arm with a fragmentary portion of the side rail connected therewith; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view of a portion of the standard and the mechanism connected therewith; Fig. 6 is an elevation of the supporting rod with a modified form there-of shown by broken lines; and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a modified form of display rack constructed in accordance with my invention.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the standards, that are supported upon the base 2, with an opening 3 in the upper end, having the slots 4 in two of the opposite walls thereof. Between said standards is the center rail 5, having the notches 6 in one side thereof adjacent to the ends. This rail is secured to each of the said standards by projecting the end thereof through the slot 4, so that the wall 7 at the bottom of said slot will enter the notch 6, after which the top of the standard is covered by the ornate cap 8 of any conventional design.

In the drawings, I have shown the rack having one central rail 5, but the length of the rack may be extended indefinitely by the use of two or more rails, in which case the abutting ends of the rails would be supported by a standard 1, and as shown in the drawings, where only a single central rail 5 is used, the slot l upon the outside of the standardthereof is closed by a plug 9, the inner end of which corresponds in shape with the end of the rails 5, and the other exposed end having an ornate tip 10 thereon of any preferred design.

Secured to the opposite sides of the standards 1, and projecting laterally therefrom, are the bracket arms 11 that terminate at their upper ends in the head portion 12. Supported by these bracket arms are the side rails 18 that have notches 14 therein, which cooperate with said head portion to secure said side rails thereto in the same manner as the center rail 5 is secured to the standards 1, the head portion and ends of the rails 18 being covered by the ornate caps 15, and having blocks 16 connected therewith, both of which correspond in shape and design with the caps 8 and blocks 9.

The supporting rods 17 for the garments are constructed preferably as shown by full lines in Fig. 6, .one end of which projects into the hole 18 in the central rail 5 and abuts against the bottom thereof, and the ooposite end being threaded and passing t irough the hole 19 in the side rail 13, with a nut 20 thereon, which exerts an end thrust upon the opposite end of the supporting rod in the hole 18, with a variable pressure depending upon the position of the nut. The supporting rod is preferably formed with a horizontal portion 4; adjacent to the rail 5, an inclined portion Z) connecting the horizontal portion a with the horizontal portion 0, an end portion (Z, which connects the horizontal portion a with the horizontal portion a. This is the preferred form of supporting rod, the garments being stored upon the horizontal portion a (Fig. 1), and for display and a more careful examination, are supported on the horizontal portion 0 (Fig. 1), but if desired, the horizontal portion 0 may be below that of the horizontal portion a, this construction being shown by broken lines in Fig. .6, the inclined portion 6 and horizontal portion corresponding with the portions 6 and 0 above described. The only difierence between these forms being such, that in one case the display point for the garment is above the storage portion, and

in the other case below.

In practice it may be desirable to store ordisplay the garment parallel to the supporting rod 17 instead of at right angles thereto, as shown by the garment upon the left of'the standard in Fig. 1, in which case I prefer to use a special type of hanger, con-.

structed with a body portion 21, a suspending hook 22 and a guide arm 23, which is V 22. It is apparent, however, that this hanger may be rotated by disengagement of the loop 24 with the rod 17 My improved device, as constructed, provides means for storing an unlimited num- Qber of garments in the minimum space,

which may be conveniently displayed one at a time, and while it is designed to be located in any suitable position in the store, if

space is limited, it may be placed against the wall by removing the bracket arms, side rails and supporting rods upon one side of the standards.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a modified form of my invention, which is circular in form, wherein the rails 25 and 26 are secured to the standard 27, fixed in the base 28, by the bracket arms 29 and 30, the supporting rods .17 being secured thereto in the same manner as in the horizontal type of structure.

There are many minor changes and alterations that can bemade within my invention, aside from those herein suggested, and I would therefore have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exact con-- struction herein shown and described, but claim all that falls fairly within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, the' combination with a standard; of companion rails connected therewith; and sup-- porting rods between said rails; formed so as to presenttwo straight portions in different plans; parallel with each other, separated by an inclined portion, said straight and inclined port-ions forming a continuous runway for display devices.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a standard; of a center rail; a second rail outside of said center rail; brackets for supporting said second rail from said standard; and sup porting rods connecting said rails forming runways for display devices.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a standard; of a rail connected with said standard; a second rail more distant from the standard than the first rail; and supporting rods connecting said rails, a portion thereof projecting outside of said second rail, and formed with two substantially straight portions with an intermediate inclined portion, said straight and inclined portions forming a continuous runway for display devices.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. MORLEY.

Witnesses:

EDWIN G. LEWIS, JOHN HEMINGWAY.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained forfive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G.

It hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,002,860, granted September 12,

1911, upon the application of Charles A. Morley, of Southington, Connecticut, for an I improvement in Display-Racks, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 58, for the Word plans read planes, 1 l and that the said Letters Patent .should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 3d day of October, A. D., 1911.

[SEAL] E. B. MOORE,

Commissioner of Patents.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 1,002,860. 

